[Verse 1]
One eye watching the turning of worlds
Silent steps through ash and gold
He drank from the well of memory
Paid in flesh for what he’d know
Nine long nights on the wind-bit tree
No breath, no bread, no sound
Pain became the key to speech
As the runes fell to the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
Wisdom cuts deeper than any blade
Fate is carved, not prayed away
[Chorus]
Odin, wanderer crowned in loss
Odin, breaker of the cost
Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag
Thought and memory show the way
Odin, father of war and word
Your name still burns, your oath unheard
[Verse 2]
Spear that never turns aside
Gungnir sings when oaths are sworn
Wolves at heel in quiet hunger
Storm-born god of truth and war
Poets drink from stolen fire
Songs are paid in blood and breath
Every verse a wound that opens
Every line a pact with death
[Chorus]
Odin, wanderer crowned in loss
Odin, breaker of the cost
Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag
Through the dark they guide your gaze
Odin, father of war and word
Your name still burns, your oath unheard
[Bridge: ritual / chant-like]
Valhǫll bíður fallna menn
(hall waits for fallen men)
Steel and song until the end
Óðinn á oss alla
(Odin owns us all)
Till the wolf breaks fate’s command
[Break: quiet part]
Not a god of mercy
Not a god of peace
But in the price of knowing
You hear humanity
[Final Chorus]
Odin, carved in scar and lore
Odin, oath and open war
Rúnar reist með blóði ok sár
(runes carved with blood and wound)
Truth is born where pain endures
Odin, when the world shall fall
Your story outlives gods and all
RASMUS
